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Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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I don't know anything about this game or it's predecessors. Is it just a fantasy RPG or what's the hype all about? How is it different from other fantasy RPGs?

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[–] Skates@feddit.nl 96 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

To keep it very brief:

  • the setting is awesome, a fantasy world with lots of lore, because it's D&D - there has been a lot of lore written about it, even if not about this particular game necessarily. So people are already familiar with how things work
  • the company making the game has put out great games in this genre(crpg) with innovative features and engaging gameplay. They have been constantly improving and listening to the community, and don't seem to be one of the companies that are just chasing the next money-making scheme, as they don't support today's P2W or subscription-based models, and even shy away from DLCs, instead opting to give you your money's worth with only one purchase. They also design their games with replayability in mind and with a pretty big scope, so if you like the game you can easily spend hundreds of hours for that $60. Overall pretty good guys
  • not many d&d games have come out recently (some pathfinder ones have been good contenders though), so this scratches a market itch
  • the full power of an AAA title for a previously considered nerdy topic. Imagine if comic books suddenly got a 3D movie
[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is "crpg"? It's the first time I've seen that term

[–] jfinsmith@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

cRPG (computer role-playing game) is a term that came into prominence to differentiate it from table top role-playing, which was very big in the 80's and 90's. Nowadays it is generally used to refer to old school RPGs of the 90's, or modern games that take after their formulas. Usually the biggest difference between a cRPG and an aRPG (action role-playing game) is that cRPGs are heavily dependent on the character's stats, while aRPGs favour player skill. In most aRPGs you can defeat higher level enemies early on simply through being really skilled. In cRPGs if your character doesn't have the right stats or equipment, then they won't win. That's an incredibly simplistic but accurate difference between the two from a gameplay point of view.

There are three primary sub-genres of cRPGs. Turn-based (Fallout), real time with pause (Baldur's Gate) and BLOB, which can be either real time (Might & Magic) or turn-based (Wizardry). BLOB, or Blobber RPG, is a first-person cRPG in which you control an entire party through the lens of a single POV. Very small and niche sub-genre that one though.

Hopefully that helps a little.

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

That's an excellent explanation, thank you! I've posted cRPGs before (Neverwinter Nights), but just hadn't heard it described as such

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